Crew SC: LAFC takes Raitala in MLS expansion draft

Crew SC entered Tuesday as the only team in Major League Soccer to have lost at least one player in every expansion draft in league history.

That trend continued.

Los Angeles FC, which will begin play as the league’s 23rd club next season, selected Crew SC left back Jukka Raitala with the fourth pick in its five-pick expansion draft.

Raitala, a Finnish national who signed with Crew SC last December, appeared in 28 games this season, starting 20. He also made two appearances, one start, during the Crew’s playoff run. Raitala and Hector Jimenez split starting left back duties over the final month of the regular season and into the playoffs.